Most Americans now live in a legal marijuana state – and most have at least one dispensary in their county
74% of Americans live in a state where marijuana is legal for either recreational or medical use.
74% of Americans live in a state where marijuana is legal for either recreational or medical use.
Around nine-in-ten Americans say marijuana should be legal for medical or recreational use, according to an October 2022 Pew Research Center survey.
Americans largely favor legalization of the drug, including 57% who say it should be legal for both medical and recreational use.
With more states authorizing the use of marijuana, the public continues to favor legalizing it for medical and recreational purposes.
57% of Black adults say marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use by adults; 28% say it should be legal for medical use only.
U.S. adults who are affiliated with a religion are less likely than religiously unaffiliated adults to support broadly legal marijuana.
Pew Research Center’s political typology provides a roadmap to today’s fractured political landscape. It organizes the public into nine distinct groups, based on an analysis of their attitudes and values. Even in a polarized era, the 2021 survey reveals deep divisions in both partisan coalitions.
Police officers in the United States still make more arrests for marijuana offenses than for any other drug, according to FBI data.
Two-thirds of Americans say marijuana use should be legal, reflecting a steady increase over the past decade.
Among the changes: Smartphones and social media became the norm, church attendance fell, and same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana gained support.